What does it cost to level Alchemy right now?

6.4kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 205 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 6.4kg.

Where do these numbers come from?

The skill thresholds are read from the game client data for build 12.1.0.68914. The prices are the region-wide auction house, refreshed every few minutes; these are the snapshot taken at 17:57 UTC.

Why does the route change when I reload?

Because the prices did. The cheapest recipe for a stretch of skill is whichever one's reagents are cheapest at that moment, and that moves through the day.

Profession leveling · Shadowlands Alchemy · US · prices as of 17:57 UTC

Alchemy leveling 1 → 203 · Shadowlands Alchemy

6.4kg in reagents over about 205 crafts. Sell what you make and it comes back to 6.4kg.

Start skill

Trainer recipes only

Recipe names carry the colour the profession window gives them: orange is a point every craft, yellow is three in four, green is one in four.

Before the first craft — buy it all at once

One trip to the auction house. Vendor lines are cheaper from the profession vendor than from the board.

ReagentNeedEachTotal

Distilled Death Extract×2802

Progenitor Essentia×250

Spiritual Mana Potion×2462

×2414

Rune Etched Vial×2830

×288

Spiritual Healing Potion×2426

×246

Total6,412

Step 1 · Skill 1 → 22

Orange→Yellow

Spiritual Rejuvenation Potion

trainer

About 24 crafts.21

per skill point1

Spiritual Healing Potion×24

Spiritual Mana Potion×24

Step 2 · Skill 22 → 175

Orange

Shaded Bag of Ore

needs the recipe item

About 153 crafts.354

per skill point2

Porous Stone×612

Shaded Stone×306

Step 3 · Skill 175 → 201

Orange

Crafter's Mark IV

trainer

About 26 crafts.4,882

per skill point187

First Flower×130

Nightshade×130

Rune Etched Vial×26

Distilled Death Extract×260

Step 4 · Skill 201 → 203

Orange

Crafter's Mark of the First Ones

trainer

About 2 crafts.1,153

per skill point576

First Flower×50

Nightshade×10

Rune Etched Vial×2

Distilled Death Extract×20

Progenitor Essentia×2

Skill 203 — done. Now sell what you made.

Crafted itemUnitsEachTotal

Spiritual Rejuvenation Potion2425

246

Crafter's Mark IV261

2626

Crafter's Mark of the First Ones21

Shaded Bag of Ore0/1530

0/1530

Capped at what the market takes in 3 days, so a route never pretends to sell hundreds at once.

Back in your pocket6,406

What's worth crafting with Alchemy right now

Questions

How this route is built

What does it cost to level Alchemy right now?: 6.4kg in reagents at today's US auction prices, over about 205 crafts. Sell the results and it comes back to 6.4kg.
Where do these numbers come from?: The skill thresholds are read from the game client data for build 12.1.0.68914. The prices are the region-wide auction house, refreshed every few minutes; these are the snapshot taken at 17:57 UTC.
Why does the route change when I reload?: Because the prices did. The cheapest recipe for a stretch of skill is whichever one's reagents are cheapest at that moment, and that moves through the day.

A first craft pays Knowledge, not skill, so it is shown as a badge and left out of the craft count. Vendor reagents are priced at the lower of the vendor and the auction house.